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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. One or more numerical or text values that identify characteristics of the work or in some way categorize the schedule activity that allows filtering and ordering of activities within reports






2. Analytical procedure in which each potential failure mode in every component of a product is analyzed to determine its effect on the reliability of that component and - by itself or in combination with other possible failure modes - on the reliabilit






3. Work breakdown structure component below the control account with known work content but without detailed schedule activities.






4. Documented direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks






5. An estimating technique that uses a statistical relationship between historical data and other variables (sq. foot in construction - lines of code in software development) to calculate an estimate for activity parameters such as scope - cost - budget






6. Risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response






7. Subdivision of a phase






8. Buyer pays the seller a set amount (as defined by the contract) and the seller can earn an additional amount if the seller meets defined performance criteria






9. Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics






10. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure






11. A subsystem of the overall project management system. it is a collection of formal documented procedures used to apply technical and administrative direction and surveillance to identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a p






12. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units






13. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result






14. Skilled human resources - equipment - services - supplies - commodities - material - budgets or funds






15. Hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category and subcategory that identifies the various areas and causes of potential risks.






16. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.






17. Permission and direction to begin work on a specific schedule activity or work package or control account. sanctions project work to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time - and in the proper sequence






18. Documents utilized in bid and proposal activities - which include the buyer's invitation for bid - invitation for negotiations - request for information - request for quotation - request for proposal and sellers responses






19. Approach to optimize project life cycle costs - save time - increase profits - improve quality - expand market share - solve problems - and use resources more effectively






20. Identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables






21. Structure in which the project manager shares responsibility with the functional managers for assigning priorities and directing the work of persons assigned to the project






22. Provider of products - services or results






23. The sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed on a project or a work breakdown structure component or a schedule activity. the total planned value for the project






24. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value






25. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success






26. Improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project performance






27. Inclusive term - describes the sum of knowledge within the profession of project management. includes proven traditional practices that are widely applied and innovative practices that are emerging.






28. A formally constituted group of stakeholders responsible for reviewing - evaluating - approving - delaying or rejecting changes to a project - with all the decisions and recommendations being recorded






29. Response to a negative risk that has occurred - workaround is not planned in advance of the occurrence of the risk event






30. Deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






31. A specific technique for measuring the performance of work and used to establish the performance measurement baseline






32. The approved estimate for the project or any work breakdown structure component or any schedule activity






33. A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually.






34. Condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system - product - service result or component to satisfy a contract - standard - specification or other formally imposed document.






35. Auditing the quality requirements and the results from quality control measurements to ensure appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used






36. Risk response planning technique for a threat that creates changes to the project management plan that are meant to either eliminate the risk or to protect the project objectives from its impact.






37. Smaller portion of the overall project created when a project is subdivided by their logical relationship






38. Defined function to be performed by a project team member






39. The process of obtaining seller responses - selecting a seller and awarding a contract






40. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.






41. Type of procurement document used to request proposals from prospective sellers of products or services.






42. Processes concerned with conducting risk management planning - identification - analysis - responses and monitoring and control on a project






43. Collection of schedule activity dependencies that makes up a project schedule network diagram






44. Approved specific version of the detailed scope statement - work breakdown structure (WBS) and its associated WBS dictionary






45. Process which generates hundreds or thousands of probable performance outcomes based on probability distributions for cost and schedule on individual tasks. the outcomes are used to generate a probability distribution for a project as a whole.






46. Slack - Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.






47. Estimating the type and quantities of material - people - equipment or supplies required to perform the activity






48. ACWP






49. The area on either side of the centerline - or mean - of data plotted on a control chart that meets the customer's requirements for a product or service.






50. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented